Island Cove Census Records

 

1884 1891 1901 1911 1921 1935 1945
Number of…
Inhabitants 18 23 34 46 41 39 35
Males 20 17
Females 19 18
Males under 10 years 3 4 6 4 4 4 7
Females under 10 years 1 3 7 11 7 5
Males 10 – 20 years 3 2 5 7 2 4 7
Females 10 – 20  years 3 1 2 6 10 2
Males 20 – 30 years 1 3 2 4 6 4 18
Females 20 – 30 years 1 4 3 2 4
Males 30 – 40 years 1 1 3 1 1 3
Females 30 – 40 years 1 3 2 2
Males 40 – 50 years 1 1 2 1 1
Females 40 – 50 years 1 2 1 2 2 1
Males 50 – 70 years 2 2 1 1 2 2
Females 50 – 70 years 1 2 2 2 3
Males 70 upwards 1 2 3
Females 70 upwards 1 1 1 2
Married persons, male 4 4 5 6 5 8 16
Married persons, female 4 5 5 6 5 8
Births, preceding year 1 1 2
Deaths, preceding year 1
Marriages, preceding year 1 1
Born in Newfoundland 18 23 34 46 41
Families 4 4 6 7 5 8
Religion…
Church of England 18 23 34 46 41 39 35
Reformed Church of England
Church of Rome
Wesleyans/Methodists/United Church
Employment…
Clergymen or ministers
Teachers 1 1
Engaged in office or shop-work
Engaged solely in government services
Fishermen and others who cultivate land 16 18 10 5
Engaged in catching or curing of fish 14
Males engaged in catching or curing fish 8 10 10 8
Females engaged in curing 8 7 6
Engaged in lumbering 6
Persons employed with saw mills
Education…
Who can read and write 8
Males who can read 6 5
Females who can read 8 6
Males who can write 1 2
Females who can write 2 3
Children attending school 2 10 10 9 2
Children not attending school 6 8 6 4 5
5 years and over who can write 17
5 years and over who cannot write 21
Persons over 10 years who can read and write 19 20 26
Persons over 10 years who cannot read and write 11 7 2
Persons who can read but cannot write 3
Buildings…
Church of England building 1 1
Church of Rome building
Wesleyan/Methodist/United Church building
Churches of other denominations
School houses 1 1C E 1CE
Inhabited Houses 3 4 6 6 5 7
Houses being built or built in last 12 months 1
Houses now building 2 1 3
Houses built past 12 months
Uninhabited houses
Stores, barns and outhouses 6 10 15 14 9 15
Fishing rooms in use 1 2 5 10 6
Saw Mills 1 1 2
Persons employed by saw mills 2 1
Business Premises 1
Fisheries…
Vessels directly engaged in fisheries 1 2 1 1
Vessels – 20 to 60 tons 1 1
Vessels – 60 tons upwards
Vessels engaged in Labrador fishery 1 1 1 1
Men taken down to Labrador 6 4 5 8
Women taken down to Labrador 1
Children taken down to Labrador
Vessels or boats engage in shore fishery
Persons employed catching and making in the shore fishery 5
Large boats – 4 -15 qtls 3
Large boats – 15 to 30 qtls 1
Boats from 4 – 30 qtls 7 7 9
Large boats – 30 qtls and upwards 1
Dories 3
Motor boats 4 4
Schooners 1
Vessels built
Tonnage of vessels built
Boats built 1
Agriculture…
Tons of hay cut 3 2 6 9 5 11
Barrels of potatoes raised 156 128 185 170 153 302
Barrels of turnip raised 3 8 17 21 62
Barrels of other root crops 7,000
Cabbage, heads 4,200 11,000 3,700
Head of cattle 5
Milch cows 1 1 6
Other horned cattle 3 2 5
Horses 3 1 6
Sheep 20 19 28 33 21
Swine 9 12 17 10
Fowl / Poultry 7 4 21
Goats 5 1 2
Acres of cultivated land 17
Acres occupied 5 13 27 14 14
Quantity of butter manufactured – lbs 60 100
Wool – lbs 47 58 180
Eggs, doz. 50

 

 Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

These transcriptions may contain human errors. As always, confirm these as you would any other source material.